MurraysMutts
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Came for a visit today.
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SBMF 2015
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Invite them back about thanksgiving! 
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MurraysMutts
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The 2 ducks are pretty cool!
Son of Butch
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IF you want a loyal pet, buy a couple of fertilized duck or goose eggs to incubate.
At hatching make sure you are the first one they see and spend a couple of one on one hours with them and they will imprint you as their mother and follow you for life.
I don't know that it's ethical, and I've never done it, but always thought that would be a cool farm pet for a couple of my nieces.
At hatching make sure you are the first one they see and spend a couple of one on one hours with them and they will imprint you as their mother and follow you for life.
I don't know that it's ethical, and I've never done it, but always thought that would be a cool farm pet for a couple of my nieces.
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MurraysMutts
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The 2 they bought as guineas are actually turkeys!
I enjoy seeing the dang things out in the pasture. May have to get me a few birds before long.
I enjoy seeing the dang things out in the pasture. May have to get me a few birds before long.
Jeanne - Simme Valley
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Great for all bugs and TICKS.
Lee VanRoss
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I can't get pictures of them but from a distance but I have 4 wild tom turkeys that keep the grass hoppers and what ever out of
20 acres of hay ground. They are big by any standard and have been around for 2 or 3 summers. I don't know if a turkey will eat
a leopard frog but I suspect as much as I am not seeing as many in the creek that flows through.
Once in a while there will be a Trumpeter on the pond. They are truly magnificent.
20 acres of hay ground. They are big by any standard and have been around for 2 or 3 summers. I don't know if a turkey will eat
a leopard frog but I suspect as much as I am not seeing as many in the creek that flows through.
Once in a while there will be a Trumpeter on the pond. They are truly magnificent.
@Lee VanRoss we have a ridiculous amount of turkeys, including toms. They're all around the house, barnyard, workshop, pastures . . . They're obnoxious but good to have around.
TexasJerseyMilker
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The rancher up the hill had 8 guineas. The coyotes got 3. The 5 guineas decided to move to our place. They are crazy birds, they look like chickens from outerspace.
These are not mine but this is the true nature of guineas
The constant and continuous uproar of Cadalac Cadalac but this is the guinea way. My husband was fixing the fence way down by the river. The whole flock flew down there to supervise.
Those guineas were true idiots. They would go way off into the blackberry thickets and predators picked them off one by one. They would wait until a car was almost there to cross the highway. We are down to one single guinea hen. She joined the hens and now she is calm and somewhat sensible. She does not do such stupid things so she survives. She roosts in the henhouse and lays eggs in there.
These are not mine but this is the true nature of guineas
The constant and continuous uproar of Cadalac Cadalac but this is the guinea way. My husband was fixing the fence way down by the river. The whole flock flew down there to supervise.
Those guineas were true idiots. They would go way off into the blackberry thickets and predators picked them off one by one. They would wait until a car was almost there to cross the highway. We are down to one single guinea hen. She joined the hens and now she is calm and somewhat sensible. She does not do such stupid things so she survives. She roosts in the henhouse and lays eggs in there.
greybeard
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A pair of geese are nice until they figure out where the feed comes from..... that, and they can't walk 2 steps without squirting out a bunch of goose poop.
Mine would waddle down to the pond a couple times/day till they realized there was an alligator in there and after that, I couldn't keep them out of the dog's water container. Get in there several times every day, flap their wings all around, shed feathers and poop all at the same time.
I gave them away to a neighbor that was too lazy to or didn't believe in shooting predators and coyotes got them.
Mine would waddle down to the pond a couple times/day till they realized there was an alligator in there and after that, I couldn't keep them out of the dog's water container. Get in there several times every day, flap their wings all around, shed feathers and poop all at the same time.
I gave them away to a neighbor that was too lazy to or didn't believe in shooting predators and coyotes got them.
Rafter S
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I have a friend who grew beside some railroad tracks. His grandmother lived with them, and had chickens and guineas. He said that if a train was coming a chicken would get out of the way, but a guinea would stand there on the tracks just daring that train to come hit them.
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MurraysMutts
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They've got her surrounded!!
Those turkeys sure are getting ugly.
It's funny how the turkeys stay together. The ducks stay together. The dang chickens are just everywhere.
Those turkeys sure are getting ugly.
It's funny how the turkeys stay together. The ducks stay together. The dang chickens are just everywhere.
I never noticed the Jolly Ball in your first pics. Labs & big dogs love them but they're also great play toys for bored steers you're feeding out.
Anyway, the struggle is real:
Anyway, the struggle is real:
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MurraysMutts
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U guys are tempting fate getting that close to the picnic table!
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MurraysMutts
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OH MY GOOSH!! Coor-kee!! U can almost see him saying it the whole time hes chasing/petting them!
Yeah... I got him that shirt!
Yeah... I got him that shirt!
Woah! The turkeys around here don't flinch when I'm around, but no way would they let me get that up close & personal. Ummm, one of my stepdaughters bought me the same shirt, but it's black. And there you go!!
